Shaper of Seattle
Subtitle: Reginald Heber Thomson and the Pacific Northwest
By: William H. Wilson.
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pullman, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780874223019
Subjects: Thomson, Reginald Heber, -- 1856-1949; Municipal engineers -- United States -- Biography; Public works -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History; Municipal engineering -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- History; Seattle (Wash.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Boyhood and adolescence in Indiana; title: Young manhood in California; title: The early years in Seattle; title: Thomson's work in context; title: The sewers; title: The Cedar River water system; title: The regrades; title: The railroads, lighting, and the ship canal; title: The public and private life of an engineer; title: The Port Commission, Strathcona Park, the Times, and the Sun; title: Politics, consulting, and family; title: The return to city engineering and the fight with James D. Ross; title: More engineering and the later years; title: "R.H." : the meaning of a busy life.